Here you’ll find an easy step-by-step tutorial and video for how to make a comic book. It gets a lot easier when students have a little advice and structure to follow.

How to Make a Comic Book, made with the help of an easy tutorial and guide.

Lessons learned from making a Comic book

It’s easy to see why classroom teachers might want their students to learn how to make a Comic Book. The mere process of putting one together encourages them to think carefully about a storyline. It also will mostly likely stretch their drawing skills at the same time. Some simple typography lessons are even possible, if students think about how to express emotions with the size and look of their letters. That’s a whole lot of learning for one classroom project!

Popular comic books for today’s kids

Elementary students today are especially drawn to funny, visual, and easy-to-read graphic novels. Dog Man and Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey remain top favorites, along with kid-friendly superhero series like Spider-Man: Homeroom Heroes and Sonic the Hedgehog. Popular brands like LEGO Ninjago and upcoming graphic versions of Junie B. Jones also catch kids’ attention. Many young readers enjoy diverse, inclusive stories such as Creature Clinic, Good Boy, and other award-nominated titles. Early-reader comics like Babymouse, Batcat, and Big Bad Fox are great for younger grades. Overall, kids love books that are funny, familiar, and full of energy—and letting them choose what to read makes a big difference.

Comic Book Examples

If you’d like to learn more about how I made my sample comic book, “The Time I Lost a Dog”, here are your two choices. You can view my scanned pages below to see how I started with a story plan. I then broke it into steps, and then proceeded to draw all the panels that I needed. If you are just looking for ideas, it might be all you need to get started.

If you’d like some print-friendly help though, I’ve collected all my guides and templates in my “Make Your Own Comic Book” ebook available in my PDF Shop. It not only includes all the blank templates that you see in my video, it has my entire 6-page sample “The Time I Lost a Dog” is available too. Between the video above with some verbal advice, and the sample that you can print and hand to students, you will have all your bases covered. And as a teacher, that’s a good feeling to have!

Comic Book projects and creativity

When kids make their own comic books, they engage in a rich blend of creativity that combines storytelling, visual art, and problem-solving. They invent characters, develop plots, and write dialogue, learning how to craft a narrative from beginning to end. At the same time, they use drawings to show emotion, action, and pacing—deciding how to arrange panels and match words with images. This process encourages them to think critically, make creative choices, and express themselves in a unique and personal way. Creating comics also builds confidence, as kids take on the role of both author and artist of their own imaginative world.